Epidemiology of carcinoid tumours in central Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-359

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a,b   Buiatti, Eva ^a   Amorosi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CSPO USL 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Epidemiology; Multiple primaries; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOID; COLORECTAL CANCER; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOID TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0030829456     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007334217762     Document Type: Article

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